I've been tagged!

So our friend Michelle, a librarian in Provo tagged me in a game where you are supposed to tell 7 random things about yourself. That's not too hard, I can be pretty random. Ok, so maybe the most random I get is when I order food at restaurants and have to order something different every time. Here's my list of things you just may not know about Renee Olson.

1. I have no middle name. I guess it's also common in Britton's family for girls to have no middle name, but Louise is their default middle name when mom is mad and needs a longer name to get her point accross.

2. I can wiggle my ears. I discovered this talent one day while yawning.

3. I love tofu. I ate it prepared in many different ways in Japan while I was on a mission, and learned to love it. I even eat it plain.

4. I was the homecoming queen my senior year at highschool. Yep, fate smiled upon quiet, shy Renee and I had a lot of attention for about a month. Soon after that pretty much everyone forgot about it:)

5. I leaned how to ride a motorcycle when I was 7. When I was 8 I fell off the motorcycle requiring stitches in my knee and ruining my summer vacation. I never rode it again.

6. I can not drive a stick shift car. Although Vu tried to teach me in highschool on his Toyota MR2 which was about to have the clutch replaced, it never really stuck with me.

7. In the Big Brain Academy on Wii, the birdcage switch-a-roo game is my best game. Sorry, this one is kind of lame, but 7 random things is hard to come up with.

So there you go. Consider yourself more educated in Renee trivia. Now if we ever play a game involving random things about people you'll know all my answers. Passing on this tradition I would like to formally tag Britton, Jeffrey(Padre), Stephanie Dance, and Emily Gustafson.

Happy Anniversary to my Parental Units

Today, January 11th, is the 28th anniversary of the marriage of my wonderful parents and I thought I'd put up a picture of their wedding announcement (designed by Jeff) and pay tribute to their HIGHLY successful partnership. This being a public arena, I don't think it too appropriate to dive into too many mushy details about why us kids love them so much. I will say that we do love them and that their marriage has been quite the example to Renee and I.

One funny memory I have, which is also the only time I've seen them argue, was when Dad was putting up the Christmas Tree a decade or so ago. He was having trouble with it, as I recall and ended up yelling something to mom that ended in "...Margo!". Derek, the "sensitive" child, stood up and said, "You're ruining Christmas!", and ran off to his room. He wouldn't come out until he saw that they had apologized properly.

All are invited to voice their congratulations and share a fond memory they have of the happy couple.

P.S. Please, none of the usual comments about changes in physical appearance.